Milk-can.



Patent ed Feb. 4, I902 G. ROTHENHAUSLER.

IIIILKv CAN.

(Application filed Mar. 28, 1901.

(No Model.)

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEBHARD ROTHENHAUSLER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

'MILK-CAN.

EPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent Not 692,548, dated February 4, 1902.

Application filed March 23, 1901. Serial No. 53,335. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEBHARD ROTHEN' HAUSLER, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding in the city and-county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Milk-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in milk-cans; and it consists in providing a removable refrigerator in the upper portion of a milk-can.

It further consists in providing a proper protector or drain therefor. I

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the upper portion of a milk-can embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a Vertical sectional View thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a milk-can having the usual neck 13 and bandles O.

D designates a chamber the sides of which are adapted to fit closely with the neck B of the milk-can, said chamber being adapted to receive ice or other suitable refrigerating material and being provided at its'upper end with a hood E, which in the present case is curved, and F designates a shoulder which projects inwardly or overhangs the chamber, said shoulder being supported on the flange G, which likewise acts as a guide or a preventive for the water or other material from remaining in the chamber D when the same is emptied.

H designates a lid for said chamber,- which fits closely in the walls of the flange F, which is also provided with a hood H, which serves to direct water to the hood E.

The operation is as follows: The can A is filled with milk or other suitable liquid, after which the chamber D is placed in position and serves as a stopper or lid for the milkcan, the said chamber being suitably supplied with ice or other cooling medium, after which the same is closed by the lid II.

It will be seen by the construction that should the quantity of Water be too great in. the chamber D the same could pass between the walls of the lid H and the flange F; but

should this occur the hood E will direct the water to the sides of the can and prevent the same from coming in contact with the milk or getting into said can A, it being noticed that said hood E will also direct any water or drippings that may fall from the lid H to the sides of the can and prevent the same from entering the can. The lid H is provided with openings J and the guide E with openings K, whereby all the parts can be suitably secured together by wire or other fastening device L. It will be apparent that slight changes may be made by those skilled in the art which will come within the scope of my invention, and I do not, therefore, desire to be limited in every instance to the exact construction herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is r 1. In a milk-can, a refrigerator in the upper portion thereof,-a hood on said refrigerator projecting over and below the upper portion of the milk-can, and a lid for said refrigerator having a hood projecting beyond the plane of the junction of said lid with said refrigerator, both of said hoods serving to direct the water or drippings to prevent the same from entering the can.

2. In a milk-can, a refrigerator inIthe upper portion thereof, a shoulder projecting inwardly from the upper portion of said refrigrator, a hood projecting over and below the upper portion of the milk-can, and a lid for said refrigerator having a hood projecting beyond the plane of the junction of said lid with said refrigerator, both of said hoods serving to direct the Water or drippings and prevent the same from entering the can.

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. OANER WIEDERSHEIM. 

